![]() ![]() The never ending action is soothing, calming and meditative to me. This might also explain why I love to sit on the beach and watch the waves come in over and over. It can just be texture to me with no more meaning than that I love drawing and painting circles, dots and dashes in my work. ![]() It also can have no meaning or cause outside itself. It is circular, repeating itself over and over. It is never ending, and recurring through eternity. To me the circle represents a continuing action through all time. This zen symbol signifies absolute enlightenment, power, elegance, universe, and nothingness. Enso is one of the most common themes in Japanese calligraphy, although it is a symbol rather than a character. I even get excited when I see dashes, spots, and splatters on walls, sidewalks, cloth, wallpaper, artwork and so on, which is probably why I am dashing and splattering my paintings as well. Enso (formally spelled ens) is a Japanese zen symbol, sometimes also called Enlightenment Circle. I have tote bags and towels with dots and circles. When I see a polka dot scarf or a pair of socks in the store I can't NOT buy them. I just know I love circles and dots and have been putting them in my paintings for years. Additionally, how one draws the circle represents their state of mind at that particular moment. The circle is sometimes referred to as the ens zen circle, wuji circle, or the imperfect circle. The Enso ring, also referred to as a Zen Circle, is a circular form that is drawn to express the completeness or the emptiness of the present moment. I have not figured out why I am so attracted to circles. Ens () is a Japanese circle that is hand-drawn in one or two uninhibited brushstrokes and used in Zen Buddhism to express a moment when the mind is free to let the body create. Some artists practice drawing an enso daily as a spiritual exercise. The Zen enso symbolizes enlightenment, power, and the universe itself. As a symbol, the circle expresses the totality of our being. The enso is a circle and is one of the most prevalent images of Zen art. Actually, the letter 'o' in the Japanese word 'enso' has a short line above it. ![]()
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